# Diesel Prices: It’s a Refining Crisis, Not Crude

> On-road diesel is in the high $5.60s, while crude hovers in the $80s, and crack spreads have risen above $100 per barrel. Distillate inventories are at their lowest levels since the early 2000s, and elevated US Gulf Coast exports are tightening domestic supply.

- Date: 2026-08-26 · published 2026-08-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/18074-diesel-prices-it-s-a-refining-crisis-not-crude
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Low distillate stocks and strong export pull point to continued high diesel prices into Q3 and Q4, lifting farm fuel and freight costs for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2026-08-24 | [Why diesel prices keep rising](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18073-why-diesel-prices-keep-rising.md) | -2.9% | +10.0% |
| DIESEL | 2026-03-03 | [Diesel futures and retail prices power higher, outstripping gains in crude - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5533-diesel-futures-and-retail-prices-power-higher-outstripping-gains-in-crude.md) | +17.7% | +50.3% |
| DIESEL | 2025-09-24 | [Diesel Traders Bet on Price Spike as Russia Refineries Hit - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23065-diesel-traders-bet-on-price-spike-as-russia-refineries-hit-tt.md) | -0.1% | -5.3% |
| DIESEL | 2026-03-02 | [Diesel and Gasoline Prices Rise on Iran Strikes - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8776-diesel-and-gasoline-prices-rise-on-iran-strikes-tt.md) | +36.4% | +69.9% |
| DIESEL | 2025-10-28 | [Diesel Prices Jump on Russia Sanctions and Refinery Outages - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22594-diesel-prices-jump-on-russia-sanctions-and-refinery-outages-bloomberg.md) | -1.4% | -1.1% |

## Sources

- finance.yahoo.com: https://finance.yahoo.com/energy/articles/diesel-prices-refining-crisis-not-224211557.html

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